re: Deriving build number from key
Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 9:45 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(6122 messages posted)
Depends on what Dell supplied you with. Is it a recovery disc/image or is it an
MS OEM install CD? Those in doubt can check their installed key against the one
on the machine to see if they are the same or different. On many I have checked,
they were different on the BIG OEM machines of a particular time period. My (Dell)
portable of three years has the MS OEM reinstall option with software on seperate
disks. However, other big OEM sellers who are shipping other types of recovery options
are the ones having the keys disabled that were on the computers, and those are the
machines that have had internet activation disabled. OTH, MS may not have gotten
around to yours yet, so don't be surprised if one day it gives you that dreaded
message if you are one of the unlucky users. MS isn't done yet I suspect as they
discover more keys that have been compromised... ;-)
On Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 9:08 pm, Kevin wrote:
>That's strange, the Product Key from the sticker on my Dell machine activated perfectly
>on a recent reinstall.
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